Riding-saddle



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P. HAHN. RIDING SADDLE.

Patented Aug. 5, 1884.

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PHILIP HAHN, OFSEDALIA, MISSOURI.

RIDING-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming partofLetters Patent No. 303,152, dated August 5,1884.

Application filed February 23, 1834.

Saddles, of Which the following is a full,-clear,

Fixed bars or plates A.

lbacks of different forms and shapes.

and exa-ct description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, and in Which- Figu're 1 isa perspective view of a ridingsaddle, part broken away, showing myimproved pads appliedthereto. Fig. 2 is a front view. Fig. 3 is a backview. Fig.4 is a trans* verse section. Fig. 5 isan inside View of one ofthe self-adjusting bars or plates removed. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detailsection taken on line 6 6, Fig. 7. Fig. 7 is asimilar View taken on line7 7, Fig. 6. Fig. -8 is a perspective view, part broken away, of aside-saddle with my improvement applied.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the body of an ordinary finishedsaddle, having To the inner sides or parts of the saddle are lsecuredself-adjust- Ing or automatic bars or plates B, which will rock andaccommodate themselves to horses I have shown them connected to thesaddle by the ibllowingmeans: l

G represents bolts screw-threaded on their inner ends and provided withheads on their outerLends. They pass through the body of the saddle andscrew into blocks D. (See Figs. 6 and 7.) The blocks haveprojections I.

.I and L represent plates of metal secured to the bars B. The plates Lhave sockets N, which receive the inner ends of the blocks D. Thesockets have inturned langes P, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, which engageover the projectionsI of the blocks D, and thus the blocks are'held tothe bars B between metal surfaces. I have shown foar of theseattachments-two for each bar-and it will be seen that these joints willallow the bars to rock and accom- (No model.)

modate themselves to the horses back. Their extreme positions are shownby dotted lines, Fig. 2. I do not Wish to coniine myself tothismechanical means for making the attachment.

It is sometimes desired to raise the front of saddles, .to suit thenotion of riders, and also to make them lit-properly on horses havinglowWithers. This can be easily done with myattachment by simply placingwashers O between the front blocks, D, and the body of the saddle. (SeeFigs. (i and 7.) Any number oi' the Washers may be used as desired.

The bars B may be made of Wood, metal, composition, or other suitablematerial. I prefer to make the washers O oi' some elastic material.

By making the bars or plates B removable they can be taken oil, andthesaddle will then be in the condition ot an ordinary saddle,and can beused without the automatic bars.

I am aware that saddles have been heretofore constructed Withself-adjusting bars, and therefore Ido not claim the same, broadly; but

What I do` claim, and desire to secure by Y Letters Patent, is-

, I. In combination with the saddle and bolts passing therethrough, thebars and blocks, the

blocks being connected to the bars by suitable

